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- I need to figure out how to catch fish here

because they have fat on them.

Whoa! [bleep]!

- Dangerous [bleep] place, man.

One wrong move, and it's splash.

You can't put a [bleep] damn net into [bleep] like that.

1 declare Danger Rock off limits.

- 1 think 1 got one.

Yup.

Oh, my God, it's bigger than the last one!

Male narrator: For the first time,

ten participants will fight to survive the Arctic

for longer than anyone in "Alone" history:

a grueling 100 days.

- This is the ultimate challenge.

- 100 days in the Arctic is no joke.

Narrator: If they can endure,

they'll win the biggest prize ever:

$1 million.

- Whoa! - Holy [bleep]!

- You can't tap out

when there's a million bucks on the line,

- Oh, my gosh.

- How hard can you work for $10,000 a day?

- It looks like frostbite.

- Holy [bleep]!

Narrator: This is "Alone: Million Dollar Challenge."

- They're just surrounding my shelter.

- Today I'm gonna go make a raid.

That squirrel, he's been hanging out

over here in these trees,

and 1 always wondered what made these trees appeal to him.

Just a little bit ago, I see him grab a mushroom

and bring it down, then I look,

he's got a big mushroom cache up there.

I'm gonna cut that [bleep] down and steal his mushrooms.

December can be a long, cold month.

It's gonna get pretty nasty here,

and it's another 50 days

till we're in the land of milk and Christmas cookies.

Taking nothing for granted here.

Here's a beautiful mushroom right here.

Eureka!

Oh, we found a bonanza of mushroom today.

That was a good score. Thanks, Mr. Squirrel.

I've got to find some place to keep them.

I'm gonna bring that musk ox head skin out here,

stitch it up into some kind of pouch.

We're gonna fill it with mushrooms.

I'm gonna take the nose and the lips

and just wrap them with a heavy hunk of wire.

I'll double it and twist it tight, twist them together.

And then I'm gonna stitch it up with my trapping wire.

In my past expeditions, I've improvised many times.

You have to learn to use what's at hand.

Work everything two ways.

Squirrel's pissed 1 got all his mushrooms.

Every time 1 do something,

I'm trying to knock off two birds with one stone.

These here are the forelegs. I'm gonna use them for straps.

I'm the happiest when I'm alone.

I like living far away from civilization,

and that began as a very small child.

1 vividly remember telling people,

"I'm gonna move to Alaska, so far back in,

nobody can ever touch me," and 1 did that.

I'm in one of the remotest spots left in North America.

Musk ox face skin carryall.

Let's put some mushrooms in.

And it's--that's real,

when you're sitting there all by yourself

watching the freeze up happen or butchering your moose

with a lantern at midnight while the wolves are howling.

The thrill-- it's undescribable,

We got a hell of a bunch of mushrooms.

That looks pretty good, don't it?

Okay, who wants to be firewood? Who wants to?

What was that?

What is that? It looks like a bear.

What is that?

It's not a bear, it's me!

I might look like a bear or maybe a Sasquatch,

but it's me and my

"it's real, real, real cold" outfit.

This parka is made by Nenet reindeer herders,

and it's all out of reindeer skin,

and it's made in the old way, and this is how people survived

in this climate for a long, long time.

And it's not that far off from having to wear this every day.

Al right.

Let's go see what's happening out there, huh?

Everything is really changing out here.

Deep winter is setting in.

And things are getting a little bit more challenging.

1 mean, every day that there's more snow

just makes it harder for me to get food.

Most of the traps are buried.

Dang. A rabbit's not gonna

plow through the snow to go through that.

All this snow changes how the rabbits are moving.

And 1 need fat,

but fishing's not really an option

until the lake ices up more.

So just got to keep trying, you know?

Now 1 really wanna go over to the porcupine spot.

I'm pretty sure that there's another porcupine.

I've seen tracks and I've tracked him to his den,

and 1 go and check his den all the time.

But so far, he's never home,

So check it out.

One of the porcupine spots is down in there.

He came out from under that rock,

and he walked over here,

and then he ate this bark.

And then he ate right up there. So I'm gonna set snares.

This porcupine is my best option for fat.

That last porcupine fed me for more than a week.

So the porcupine walks along right here,

so 1 wanted to set a trap right on this rock,

but there's nothing to set it,

s01 wedged this tree in the crack so that 1 have a place.

The porcupine, he goes up this ledge.

Hopefully, he'll get caught in that snare.

I'll come back and check tomorrow.

But--all right, it's snowing a bunch, so...

And the camera, 1 got to get the jacket for the camera.

Okay, let's go back to camp.

- Whoa.

1 am skinny.

Oh, but look at those muscles. I still got it.

Those are still solid. Look at those hairy armpits.

Oh, I look like a bodybuilder.

Oh.

Yeah, that's strong.

Dave's gonna like how I look.

We're going ice fishing. Woot-woot!

You know, maybe my shallow water means that

1 get 10 ice fish a day or two ahead of some other people,

and that will be my momentum, and I'll take her home.

I'm gonna feel so good if I can land, you know,

a few fish.

Fishing is so important to my survival strategy.

Fish have a lot of really good fat on them,

and fat is what's going to keep you alive

for the long term.

1 call this experience my survival Olympics.

From the ages of 7 to 20,

going to the Olympics was my sole purpose in life.

1 was gonna be a gymnast.

When 1 basically broke my back, 1 switched to swimming.

I was 11th in the country for 100-meter backstroke.

But 1 had to quit swimming because every time

1 would raise my heart rate in the water,

1 would get really dizzy.

It was a hard way to have to quit

because I freaking loved it, I really did.

My competitive athletic days were dwindling.

But then 1 found nature.

And 1 realize being out here,

this is meaningful to me now.

This is a big deal, and 1 feel really proud

to be the only Canadian out here.

This is my Olympics.

Huh.

Yes! Come on, come on, come on.

Yes, yes!

No!

Oh, oh.

Damn it.

That was a good size.

Damn.

To sit there for two hours, not see a fish,

not feel a fish, and then to have a fish

and lose it is, like, heartbreaking.

Makes me nervous those two fish was just beginner's luck.

Too cold. I got to go warm up.

I'm not catching fish. It's an iffy feeling.

It's, like, "Oh, I better just stretch

what I have a little longer.”

But I got to figure out a way to get more,

'cause without food, 1 won't be able to keep going.

I wonder how long it will take for the lake to freeze up

so I can walk safe on it.

The lake is not frozen yet on my side.

So I cannot ice fish through the lake yet.

But 1 need to catch another fish right now, you know?

So 1 have to try something else.

Just piece of metal that 1 found out there a while ago.

And the stuff that has happened in my life--

growing up in a civil war,

it just feels like this was a special quest for me.

After seeing so many bad things and bad people,

and 1 wanna come out of here the best version of myself,

a good human being.

It's a big spoon.

I'll hopefully catch this big fish.

- Good morning!

I'm so cozy. It's, like, freezing out,

but I feel so cozy in all my wool layers.

And I slept warm last night, too warm,

Oh, man. 1 had dreams.

1 was making homemade ice cream.

Oh, my gosh.

There was, like, fresh strawberries 1 just picked,

and I was, like, churning the cream.

Oh, cream!

And I would take a tortilla and cover it with butter,

and then put honey on it,

and 1 was having honey butter tacos.

Oh, my gosh. They were so good.

So 1 woke up thinking about cream and butter this morning.

So I guess it's time to get some fat.

This place is gonna get colder

than I've ever experienced before.

I've spent a lot of time living out in the wilderness,

but when it gets really cold, 1 usually move south,

and 1 go down 10 the desert for the winter.

I'm a desert rat.

1 live out of my vehicle, and 1 travel around.

1 don't have a nine 10 five, 1 don't have a house.

I go to where I'm comfortable,

so I've never tried living in the wilderness over winter.

Choosing to come up here and spend a winter in the wild,

that's what 1 want. 1 wanna be pushed.

But I'm just worried about staying warm

and whether I'm gonna be able to eat every day.

Dang.

So we're over at the porcupine spot,

and it looks like he just walked right past the snare

and pushed it out of the way.

Hmm.

The way the tracks are, it's hard to tell

if he's in or out right now.

So I'm thinking to try to crawl in there

and see how far back the hole goes,

but 1 don't really know if 1 can get in there.

But sitting here's not gonna do anything, is it?

1 don't think that 1 can really fit down in that crack.

Oh, it's so tight-- tight in here.

Kinda hard to see.

I just got to get in there.

1 just got to squeeze.

I'm scared to go into this crack

because 1 could totally get stuck.

And if I get stuck in there...

No one will hear me yelling for help.

Oh, my gosh. The porcupine's right here.

Oh, [bleep].

[bleep].

Okay.

So the cool news is the porcupine's back there.

The bad news is it's down this crack.

He's probably 12 feet back down the crack.

1 wonder what is back around the other side.

Ooh, this is sketchy, 'cause it's, like, not solid.

There's, like, rock holes.

1 scared him out the other side.

So, got to get over there.

Got him.

[bleep], he went back down into the rock crevice.

So you can see blood.

So there's some blood.

There's Mr. Porcupine.

I got to figure out how to try to get this guy.

Okay, 1 just got to squeeze down in there and reach,.

Oh, 1 got you, brother. 1 gotyoy, 1 got you.

Oh, 1 got you, porcupine brother--oh.

Oh, my gosh. 1 can't believe it.

I thought it was, like, impossible when I saw him--

when 1 saw him down in there.

Oh, 1 have fat. Thank you, porcupine.

Thank you. Mm.

Oh, my gosh.

- Good morning. Day number 54.

The weather is warm and tropical here.

Just like in Cancun.

Uh...no.

It's nowhere near tropical; it's frozen.

My fingers are about to fall off.

Here we go.

1 don't have any more fish, all my reserves are gone,

and 1 cannot stay warm, 'cause 1 think my body

doesn't have any more calories to produce heat.

1 need to eat something.

So 1 have 10 go out there and try Yo fish.

I'm feeling the weakness.

My muscles feel strained.

My balance is a little off.

Somehow, I need to get some fish out of the lake.

1 hope that my situation is an inspiration

for all the natives of all Latin America,

for all America, you know?

'Cause a lot of people out there, that without knowing,

they're masters of survival.

Surviving every day, trying to make do

with the very small resources they have.

Trying to stay positive

when they're having a really hard time.

And 1 hope that my experience becomes a good example

and a motivation for other people to come strong

out of situations that could be life-threatening,

and gain a lot of strength

and gain a lot of insights, you know?

Got one, got one.

Let's get him again.

[bleep].

That was a trout.

Grab it again, please.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Whew.

Come on, another fish, please.

It's a tasty lure. Come get him.

Especially with no food.

No calories to spend.

The body trying to stay warm out there.

It made me so tired.

This porcupine is a fatty miracle.

I'm so grateful. He's so fatty!

This is a huge deal.

1 need this fat so bad.

I'm getting skinny, and it's been hard for my body

to be sustained with just rabbits.

I was worried--I was like,

"If ice up doesn't happen soon

"and 1 can't get out and fish...

What kind of fat am 1 gonna have, you know?"

Oh, my gosh, this is amazing. 1 cannot wait to fry up

his liver and heart and kidneys and lungs.

Oh.

Man, but his liver...

Oh, his liver is covered in white spots.

Oh, no.

That means... Oh, no.

That he's, like, diseased or unhealthy.

Look. That's not good.

1 mean, 1 know if an animal has white spots on the liver,

you shouldn't eat the organs or eat the liver,

but what does that mean for the rest of him?

Ooh. Damn.

That is just-- that makes me really sad.

That's a lot of food.

1 mean, that's a whole day's worth of food.

And really good nutrition right there.

But seriously, are the kidneys okay to eat?

Is the rest of him okay to eat?

I'm not in a position to not eat this porcupine.

Ike, 1 need 10 eat this porcupine.

But will 1 get sick?

1 can't imagine killing an animal and then not eating it,

but eating this porcupine could either end

or extend my time out here.

So 1 don't know what to do.

- It's getting cold out now.

It's wintertime, dude.

It is winter,

We're burning a [bleep] load of wood.

I don't know how cold it's been getting at night.

1 wouldn't doubt if we saw 20 below.

It's warm in here compared to outside.

You know, the rocks on the outside, they're just frozen.

But in here, where's it's trying to thaw,

it makes that frost on them.

1 think one of my goals

is gonna be to keep fire all the time.

All's we have to do is play it smart.

We got about three inches fell last night.

1 wanna get the whole yard swept out.

We're accomplishing two deals.

We're clearing our yard

so we ain't trudging around in the snow

and packing it down, making it into ice

and dragging in the house.

And we're insulating.

This is gonna make things real comfy.

In Pennsylvania, Dad built a log cabin.

If you got up in the morning and it was all snowed in,

everything just looked fresh and brand new,

and you're just a little kid,

everything seems so safe and secure in that little world.

You're so dumb when you're a kid.

You don't know the whole world's out to get you.

Your parents are taking all the heat.

Growing up with my mother and father,

1 should've done them a little better.

1 was Kind of a pain in the ass.

If I can pull this off and have that money,

I might slow down a little wee bit

and spend some time with the old man.

We are gonna be snug as a squirrel in a nest

and a mouse in a hole.

- Good morning!

I slept in because it's freaking nasty out there.

And 1 just didn't feel like going out on the ice.

I'm gonna have a camp day today.

Just realized, like, I've got food.

Rather than killing myself and frustrating myself out there,

let's just stay in.

1 wish my family was here.

I would never wanna leave.

"Follow the Marrones

as they go deep into the Canadian Arctic."

All my family thinks, "Oh, Kielyn, you got this.

Oh, Xielyn, 1 know you're gonna win."

It's a lot of pressure.

There's always the caveat,

"But if you don't, we'll be proud of you anyways."

It's, like, yeah, but you'll be disappointed.

I'll be disappointed.

I'm not feeling good.

I'm nauseous.

1 have such a headache.

The smoke in my shelter

has become the bane of my existence.

Goes from bad to extremely bad.

There are so many things that 1 have been trying.

And it's driving me insane.

I'm not even crying, like, this is just the smoke.

The reason you go in your shelter is to be protected.

So when you can't be in your shelter

because it's attacking you, where are you supposed to go?

1 feel really dizzy.

- Oh, yeah, it seems all nice and good in here.

Just outside the door, it's like that.

It is snowing all to hell outside.

Yeah, we're getting it now.

I don't know what it's gonna add up to,

but it's dropped a couple inches,

just slicker than [bleep] here in about an hour.

And it ain't letting up; it's coming on hard.

This is real winter.

Look how high it's coming up.

All that trail 1 opened today, closed.

There's a big storm brewing.

This weather we are experiencing now

is bluebird compared to what's just getting ready to happen.

I'm running out of time.

Hyper cold is coming.

I'm talking "freeze you to death, kill you" cold.

My eyes were burning for a lot of the night,

and I'm totally blurry eyed this morning.

1 just don't know how much longer 1 can...

Deal with the smoke, and...

The resilience in me is dwindling.

And I'm playing the slow game, and...

It's just catching up to me, I guess.

Mm,

So I'm gonna start pulling my traps.

There's no sense catching more bunnies,

because 1 think this is probably the start

of the real end for me.

I'm not, um...

1 really wanted to take home the win for my family.

1 just know it's not enough.

My eyes are still blurry.

But it is really pretty.

The biggest challenge for me has just been

the hand to mouth thing

and feeling like I'm not doing good enough.

Validation from other people's really important to me,

and there's nobody here to impress,

but I'm really hard on myself.

1 gofta focus and make sure that 1 get them all.

I've been in competitive sports all my life,

and it's always been individual sports.

It was your score, your time,

and I've been trying and trying and trying

to keep pushing through all of the obstacles along the way,

and you can't force a win.

I love the sparkle of the snow.

It's so pretty.

One of my favorite things to do is take pictures like that.

And then share them with people.

1 just wanna go home.

Oh.

- You know...

I have been thinking about it a lot.

About going home.

And it's not...

It's not about the chocolate cake or coffee or Dave anymore.

Mind you, I definitely will be looking for those people

and things as soon as 1 get home.

And this is an experience

where you kinda have this, like, "aha" moment.

And I'm really glad that I've had the opportunity

to contemplate my exit.

In your regular life, your peaks and your valleys

are much smaller than out here.

Out here, you have highs

that are higher than the tallest mountain,

and then you'll have lows lower than the lowest valley,

and that takes a huge toll on you mentally.

You know, at the beginning of each show for this show,

it says, "Warning, these are trained survival experts.

Do not--whatever--attend-- attempt this at home,"

or something like that, and I've never once

called myself an expert, a survival expert.

1 mean, an expert in anything limits yourself

to continuing to learn.

But what 1 can say is that

this is athletics.

This is mental athletics. This is sur--

I'm a survivor-- surviv--survival athlete.

You need to buck up. Buck up, soldier.

Because this is an opportunity to win a million dollars.

1 mean, when do you ever get a chance, a one-in-ten shot--

and I'm sure it's less than that now--

one-in-five shot, at a million dollars?

So we're just gonna keep on keeping on.

- Thank you.

From the beginning, I'm not coming here for the fame.

My goal was to become a better human.

But it's the end of my quest.

It's not easy to say it,

because you don't want to leave with something, like,

"But could 1 have gone another week or two?"

And then maybe 1 could have found more insight.

Or 1 could--1 could win, you know?

Ike, am 1 making the right decision?

--oh, [bleep]!

[bleep].

Just when 1 tap out.

- Oh, [bleep]!

[bleep].

Just when 1 tap out.

Are you [bleep] serious?

Oh, my God.

Try to get the [bleep] out of here.

[bleep].

Do not. Do not, please.

Camera. [bleep].

Get out of here, Get out of here.

Hold on, 1 got to get this.

Oh, [bleep].

Come on.

Oh, [bleep].

1 got my stuff out, most of if, 1 think.

It's un-freaking-real.

1 turned around for one second, and when 1looked up,

the whole freaking shelter is on fire, man.

Oh, my feather. Got a little charred.

Oh, my God.

1 can't believe the timing of it.

I guess it was my time to leave.

1 had made the call to you, packed my parka,

turned around to start packing it,

and when 1 turned around...

I couldn't put it out. It was really quick.

The whole shelter started going up in flames.

Why? It was my time to go.

My body--1 couldn't keep up with the conditions.

1 started thinking about how weak 1 am

and how low energy levels I have,

and in this weather conditions, we're not fooling around,

and 1 didn't think 1 could make it.

I'm proud of being a Latin American man

that has been able to accomplish a survival quest,

and 1 feel like your outlook makes a difference

on how you are going to have your experience.

This is gonna become my way of life now,

and 1 wanna take all those things that have kept me alive

for 58 days, plus all the personal growth.

So it's, like, there is some--

all parts of me that I left out there with the fire,

And now 1 have come with that renewed me.

1 have done my rite of passage.

1 think that Tm taking with me

to be more awareness, more empathy.

So 1 think this is a turning point where 1 can put

all of those things that have kept me here

together in practice and try to help people,

and 1 think that will allow me

to be a better father for my daughter.

- Welcome to "Alone: Tales from the Arctic.”

I'm Colby Donaldson, and I'm here

with Roland, Callie, Kielyn, and Amos

to discuss tonight's episode.

So this episode begins on day 51,

and we are beginning to see

the extreme Arctic cold.

Roland, you have the benefit

of a few northern winters under your belt.

Help us understand

how this kind of intense cold has an effect

on everything you do throughout the day.

- The--the cold slows you down.

It don't matter if you're experienced or not.

It just makes everything you do twice as hard.

It takes an hour to get your clothes on in the morning

just to go out and deal with all that.

It's like doubling down.

Everything takes twice as long

in this hyper cold.

- Amos, as someone from El Salvador,

you know,

this kind of intense cold--

little new for you.

Describe for someone who's never been through it

what that experience is like.

- The cold dance to warm up.

It makes it dangerous. It makes everything

a little harder to do.

You have to try to stay with your firewood,

try to keep your extremities warm.

Um, so it is pretty dangerous.

It's pretty real.

You can die fairly quick out there.

So cold.

- Callie, you describe yourself as a desert rat,

you know, someone who migrates to warmer places

when things get really cold.

How were you adapting

to the freezing climate out there?

- It's tough out there. It is the coldest weather

I've ever experienced,

and simple tasks become very challenging

because just trying

to, you know, moderate

the temperature of my hands and feet

became a constant challenge,

and calories, too, with having an empty belly.

It's definitely rough.

- Kielyn, as everyone else is waiting

for ice-up,

the water where you are is a little shallower,

and therefore, it's already frozen.

How does it make you feel, knowing

you've got a little head start on the ice fishing?

- I was thrilled that the ice came in when it did,

um, and 1 think, had it not,

perhaps my story would've ended.

And ice fishing, although it was a blessing,

it wasn't easy.

Um, you know, everyone here

has mentioned how the cold just runs right through you.

It's harder to keep your hands warm and feet warm.

And I'm starving as well.

You know, you-- you need more calories

to keep yourself warm,

and so sitting out on the ice

is extremely difficult.

Getting pretty cold.

- Callie, in this episode,

we see you go to great lengths

to get a porcupine.

What makes that porcupine so valuable?

- Well, fat is everything out there,

and I'm doing great with rabbits and squirrels,

and I'm very grateful for them,

but they don't have enough fat

to keep me out there as long as I want to be out there,

and 1 basically can't fish

until freeze-up happens,

so that porcupine is basically my only option for fat

at this point, since fishing is not an option.

- Well, and dealing with that porcupine,

you were in that rock outcropping there.

You know that in a stress situation,

it's gonna take a while for safety or anyone

to get to you.

What would've happened

if you'd gotten stuck in that outcropping?

- Yeah, 1 could've gotten stuck

down in that rock. It was a really tight squeeze,

and it was definitely a risky situation,

but 1 was just focused on making it happen

and not on what could go wrong.

But if 1 got stuck, or if a rock fell on me,

1 mean, 1T would've just been stuck in there,

and 1 would've probably just, you know, died of exposure.

But ultimately, that's kind of how it is.

You have to take risks out there

for the potential reward.

We are going to celebrate,

celebrate this little guy!

Oh Ah; my gosh.

- You ended up getting that porcupine.

Uh, you brought it back to your shelter,

and unfortunately,

you discovered some white spots on the liver.

How did you weigh the risk-reward ratio

on that particular situation?

- 1 was so elated walking back to camp

because I was like, "I'm gonna go back

to my shelter, and I'm gonna have a feast,"

and as I'm skinning him

and 1 see those white spots,

it just--my heart sunk, you know?

Those white spots, obviously, we know means disease.

My best guess at the time was that it was tularemia,

and that's definitely not something

that 1 wanted to get.

One of my, you know, highest moments out there

became a low because of those white spots.

That's a sign of an unhealthy animal.

- There is still a lot to talk about

you compare the experience to the Olympics.

Give us the explanation

of how you make that connection.

- Al my childhood, 1--

my dream was to go to the Olympics,

and so while 1 was out there,

1 kind of forgot that 1 was the only Canadian out there,

and 1 was like, "Oh, wow,

1 really am representing Canada right now."

You know, it just kind of felt like "Here's my chance.

"I'm representing Canada,

"I'm on TV,

"and, you know, 1--

I'm doing well."

- It's another way to look at it,

that it's like the Coliseum.

The TV is like the Coliseum.

- We're fighting in the ring in there, like gladiators.

- Gladiators. There you go.

Kielyn, you certainly had some Olympic-sized challenges

you were dealing with out there, as you all did,

but one of yours, Kielyn, was the smoke issue

in your shelter.

- Let's take a look

at some never-before-seen footage

on your efforts in battling the smoke.

- My eyes are blurry this morning

because the smoke got so bad.

I went outside, and I was like, "Is it foggy?"

1 am making a chimney out of birch bark.

Not too bad.

Stay there for now.

Stay.

There are so many things that 1 have been trying.

1 have widened the fire ring.

Whoa!

Holy smokes.

1 have narrowed the fire ring.

1 have increased the hole size of my chimney.

Oh, no. Eyes still blurry.

1 have made a second chimney.

This isn't working.

And it's driving me insane.

Oh, man.

- Kielyn, why was the smoke so problematic for you?

- You know, if I knew,

uh, 1 wouldn't have had--

1 would've been able to fix it.

1 tried everything,

and it must be just this, like, microclimate

where the air was settling

and it wouldn't draw it out,

and yeah, it was just-- 1 mean, it was awful.

- All right, Amds, it's time to talk about your tap-out.

How difficult was it for you to make that decision?

- At this point in the game,

it was already coming up on two months,

and 1 feel like the fishing waning down,

the weight loss,

and the weather turning the way it was--

so the night before,

basically, 1 thought 1 was gonna sleep on it.

I got out my sleeping bag,

and it was the first night

that my sleeping bag didn't keep me warm,

and 1 realized Tm out of fat to bum.

Made the decision

a little easier in the morning.

- And then, immediately after you tapped out,

your shelter caught on fire.

- Shoot. Ooh.

- 1 mean, what--what is going

through your head at that point?

- Just having the experience like that--

it wasn't real.

It was like my experience was requesting

a Viking funeral.

1 don't know how to explain it.

1 was packing my gear. Basically, out of the blue,

the fire just started

consuming the side of my shelter.

- And then during that fire, we can hear

the camera batteries exploding.

- The batteries are blowing up.

- What items were you not able to save

and get out of the shelter from the fire?

- 1 had two big containers.

One of them was the big box

that we had of cameras.

Tn the other box, 1 had this big battery.

1 wasn't able to get these two containers out.

1 was able to get the big camera,

because I'm recording this,

and 1 was able to get the-- all the memory cards out.

1 just threw them out the door,.

- Well, it was pretty amazing

how you had the presence of mind

to document that as the place is burning.

- Come on!

- What is next for you, my man?

- So 1 feel like 1 need o share

what I have learned

and nature connection

and see if that is of any help to anybody.

- That is it for "Alone: Tales from the Arctic.”

I'd like to thank Roland, Callie, Kielyn, and Amos.

Next week, after the season finale,

we will be speaking with the participants.

Now, as promised, here is a sneak peek

of the three-hour season finale.

We'll see you next week.

- This is the battle right now.

One little slip-up could be disaster.

- It's embedded in my shoulder.

- The lake has iced up!

- Yes, yes, yes!

You can just call me Roller Coaster Kie.

- We have now entered the hyper cold.

- Oh, no. It's turned worse.

- Can't see [bleep] right now.

It's turning into full-blown whiteout.

- Staying to the end could totally change my life.

We are our own worst enemies.

- This is the hardest thing I've ever done.